Gas-stove attachment.



BEST AVAILABLE C@ GAS STOVE ATTAGEEHT.

Ammoa'rmn PILSD Jung 21. 1011.

' Pateme Nov.

BEST AVAILABLE CCY?`v "earner CHALES PRENTISLLIB AND MAURICE PATRC ODONOHOE, OF NASHVILLE,

' TENNESSEE; SAID ODQNQHOE ASSIGNOER, TO SAID ELLXS.

GAS-@TUVE ATTACHMENT.

Application likidJune 21,

To @ZZ whom 'it may concern.:

it known that We, Cuantas P. ELLIS and Mannion P. ODoNoHon, citizens of the United States, andiresidents of Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and im roved Ges-Stove Attachment, of which the tollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention lrelates enerally to attachments for gas stoves and more` particularly it involves a. device `adapted to coperate with the gas cocks in order to prevent accldental turning of the same, thereby preventing the escapeof gas save when so desired.

iEhe objectof our invention is to provide anewand useful attachment for gas ranges or stoves inorder to prevent the handles of vthecoclts thereon being turned, the said means being movable to an inoperative position in order to permit the handles to be op-` erated when it 1s desired to supply gas to the range' or stove. j

riihe j invention contemplates a pivoted membermounted adjacent thehandles of theI gas cocks, the said member being providedI with means whereby it may be moved into inoperative position, co-acting means being provided to ermit 1t to return to operative position and e secured in such positlon.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings2 forming a part of this specification, in which like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in whichj l Figure 1 is a lan view of our devicein inoperative relation with the vgas cocks; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the means for controlling the movement of the same; Fig. 3 is an end view, partly in section, showing the relation of the parts set forth in Fig. 2; 4 is asectional View, on the line --li'of Fig. 2. The gas cocks 1, 2, carried byany suitable gas pipe 3 adjacent a suitable stove or range, are )rovided witlrthe usual handles It, 5, the air mixing chambers 6, 7, being present, the structure typifving any suitable stove or range. A longitudinali extending member 8 is pivotaily supporte at its ends t? in suitablolstraps orothcr equivalent devices 10, 1l, carried by the pipe, the member 8 .being movable into two jmaitions;Y in one peaition, as in Figi, where it extends in a horiaontalf-plane and'out ofthe path oi the i j epcoiilcstton of Lettera latcnt.

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handles et, 5, thereby permitting the same to be turned, the other position being in a vertical plane or substantially at 90 of the position shown in Fig. 1, and closely adjacent the handles thereby preventing them .from beinfr turned, as particularly shown in Fig. 4. This member 8 is secured in position in either plane in the following way; any suitable box 12 or equivalent compartment is positioned closely adjacent one end oit the member 8, the pintle on which this member is mounted extending into the box and being rigidly connected to a short arm 13, this arm bemg in turn ivoted at 14 to a push rod 15 extending wit iout the box through a suitable opening, the rod having a button or handle 16 at its outer end. The rod 15 is provided with a plurality of projections or teeth 17, 18z either of which is adapted to en- 0rage the side wall of the openingin the hex l12 through which the rod extends in order toholdthe rod and the member 8 in either position, as above set forth. [is shown particularlyl in Fig. 3, the push rod has been moved into the box 12 as far as it will go, thereby bringing the tooth or projection 1T into engagement with the wall ost the opening` as before stated; the rod tends to return to position with the member 8 closely adjacent the handles of the valves by means of a helical spring 19, carried by the end o1c the pintle on which the member is mounted, one end of this spring being in engagement with the short arm 13. The teeth or projections 17, 18, in the ush rod 15 are retained in engagement witi the side wall of the opening in the box 12 by means of a suitable leaf spring20 preferably on the interior ot the box4 12 as shown particularly in Fig. 3.

The rod isreturned to'normal position and the member 8 brouvht into operative positionwith respect to the handles 4, 5, in the following Way, a suitable lever 21 is pivotally mounted at 22 Within the box 12, this lever being;r in effect a bell crank, one end 23 of which bears against the rod 15, the other end of which is pivotally engaged at 24 with another ush rod 25, extending without 'the box an having a button 2G at its end. From Fig. 8 it is obvious that after the handles 4, 5 have been brought into position to out ofi the supply ot gas to the range that the member 8 may be moved 900 in order to prevent further turning3 oi" the i bringing ingby reason'of the tive position,

3p wall of' the openingwhen the member will be held" in inoperative 'y handles have been turne 'se j,

- operative position, j' before stated `b the engagement of thetooth )venting lthe turning ofth'ehandlesfof the vided withfa numberof projeetionsa` o enmg m the box`12 against the pressure otthe spring 20,' thereby permitting the heli-f f with' u1@ opening and may vbe `applied-` to any:

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handles .jjy -pgflerelv-pressinfr the button 2b, j thereby operating f thegbelel crank 21 and 1e projection 17 `on the rod 15 out of ,engagementgfwith the side wall ofv the cal spring 13` to'movey the: link -andthe longitudinally extending; member 8,; into operative position-when the, projection 18 wlll be brought into engagement `with the side wall of this opening, as shown in Fig. 2.

`VJiththe parts in the position shown in Fig. 3, the handles 4, 5, are `free to be turned since themember 8 is retained in'l inoperative position because ofthe-locked position of the rod 15; when this member 8 has been moved the handles are held against turnlocked position of the rod '15, by theengagement of the tooth 18 m theboxl 12. When it is desired tomove the memberlB into inoperafthereby making the handles l, 5,:availablefor turning, the button 16 isy pushed inwardly,thereby moving the member 8 until the' tooth 17 engages the side positiongv after` the j toont ofi1 fthe gas, the button 26 vis pushed, thereby, allowing the rod `15` and the. membergS to returnl to which 'isl maintainedl `as 18 withthe si e wall of the opening.

From' the above description taken in connection with 'the yaccompanying drawings it willv beI noted that wehave provided anextremelyfsimple and eiiicient-f: device for pregas cocks' at ino 4 pQrtunetimeS; the device may be used wit any number ofga's cocksl form of range' or stove and may Ibe.variously'changed 1n` thesize, shape'landrelation ofits parts in order to meet varyingconditions without departing romthes irit and "seo e of the invention as define inI the ollowing dem i ra.

rlrlaving thus` described our invention, we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patenta- 11 f i 1. In combination withthe gascocks ,of a stove or range, amember pivotally sup-' `a stove or range,

-- and adapted to engagement with the said handles.

L'ncombination with vthe gas cocks of I a member movably supported adjacent the handles of the said cocks j be moved into engagement therewit on remotev therefrom, a compartmentcontaining resilient. means in engagement with thesaid movable member and the said compartment, whereby the said member tends to remain in position in contact with the' handles, and other means for moving the said member away from the handles, the said means" having parts thereon coperatinfr with the said compartment in ori. er to holld the said member in such position.

3. 1n combination withthe gas cocks of a stove or range, a member pivotally supported adjacent the handles thereof and adapted to be moved into engagement with the handles or remote therefrom, a compartment adjacent one end of the member, resilient means within the compartment engaginethe said member whereby it is retaine in position in contact with the handles, a rod within the compartment and extending outwardly thereof, movement'o the rod moving the said movable member, the'rod having a projection thereon coperating with the side wall of the compartment whereby the movable member and the rod are retained in such moved position.

4. In combination with the gas cocks of a. stove or range a member movably supported adjacent the said cocks and adapt/ed to contact therewith or be moved remote therefrom, 4a compartment into which one endv of the movable member extends, resilient means within the compartment engaging 'the said end of the movable member whereby it is retained in enga ement with the handles, means engaging trlrie said end whereby the movable member may be moved away from the handles and retained in such position, and other means adapted for engagement with the said means in order to release it, whereby the movable member may come ba'ek into position in contact with the handles.

5..In combination with the gas cocks of a i stove or range, a member movably supported ported ladjacent `the handles otA the,l said cocks and adapted'l to engage them in= order to'prevent]` turning, a compartment adjacent one end ofthe member', afrod'` ,within a the compartment and in* movable engagement with-,the said membelg'; the` rod lbeingl prof et@ lthe side wall of-fthe compartmentl to engage other end ot which is fixed,- whereby-fwhen adjacent the handles of the cocks and adapted to engage them whereby they are held a ainst turning, the said member being also a uptedto be moved remote from the han dles in order to allow them to be turned, a `compartment adjacent one end of the said member, the endof the member entering the compartment, resilient means within the compartment and engagin'g'the said end, a red 1n engagement with the end and extending without the compartment, movement o the rod movingI the said movable member, the

one projection on the rod is released'from rod being provided with a tooth adapted for BEST AvAaAeLE con ber extends, resilient means within the com-V partment engaging the end of the said member, means engaging the said end for moving the member away from the handles, the said means being provided with a projection for engagementwith the side wall of the compartment in order'to hold the member in such position, other means for releasing the projection in order toermit the movable member to return to position in engagement with the handles, and a second projection carried by the first means adapted for engagement with the side Wall of the compart` ment in order to hold the said movable member in position in engagement with the handles.

T. ln combination with the gas cocks of astove or range, a movable member supported adjacent the handles of the said cocks, a compartment into which one end of the mem- "ber extends, resilient means 1n engagement with vthe said end for holding the member in engagement with the-handles, a rod .-engaging the'said end and extending without the compartment, there being a suitable opening in the side wall thereof, the'jrod being provided with a projection adapted to engage the said sidey wall when the movable member is brought away from the handles in order to hold it insuch position, there being a second projection on the rod for engagement with the side wall when the member is brought into engagement with the handles in order to hold it in such position.

S. In combination with the gas cocks of a stove or range, a member pivotally supported adjacent the handles thereof, an arm secured to the end of the member, a rod in engagement with the endof the arm, movement of the rod moving the said member, a fixed element adjacent the rod, the rod being provided with a projection adapted for engagement with the said element when the said member is moved away from the,

handles in order to hold it in such position, and another projection on the rod for engage ment with the said element to hold the memeen ber in position when in contact with the handles.

9. In combination with the gas cocks of a stove or range, a member pivotally supported adjacent the handles thereof, an arm on the end of the said member, a rod in engagement with the arm for moving it, a fixed element adjacent therod and a, tooth in the rod adapted to engage the fixed element to hold the said member. away from the handleswhen moved to such positlon.

10. ln combination with the gas cocks of a stove or range, a member plvotally supported adjacent the handle thereof, an arm on the end of the said member, a rod in engagement with the arm, a fixed element adjacent the rod, the rod being provided with a number of teeth, each of the teeth being adapted for engagement with the said element, whereby the said member may be retained in position in contact with the handles or removed therefrom.

1l. In combination With the gas cocks of a 'stove or range, a 4member pivotally supported adjacent the handles thereof, a rod engaging the said member for moving it, a fixed element adjacent the rod, the rod being provided with a tooth adapted for engage- 'ment withthe element to hold the said memlber remote from the handles, and other means for engagement with the rod to free the tooth thereon of engagement with the said element whereby the said member may return to normal position adjacent the handles.

l2. ln combination with the as cocks of a stove or range, a member pivotally suported adjacent the handles thereof, means or moving the member remote from the handles in order to permit turning of them, a movable member having projections thereon, a fixed element with which one of the projections. engages for holding the first meansin said position, a spring, and means adapted for engagement with the first means in order to 'permit the spring to return the said member into engagement with the said handles .in order to prevent turning thereof, with the other of the said projections engaging the said fixed element.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

eine. Parana sims. mames maaier o'noaoaoa.

Witnesses J. M. OMoHUNnno, A. J. Donn Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of iatents, Washington, D. C. 

